Kasla, Jerusalem

Kasla

كسلا
Kasla كسلا
	Kasla was located on the top of the hill
	Etymology: from personal name
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Kasla, Jerusalem (click the buttons)
	Kasla Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°46′52″N 35°03′04″E / 31.78111°N 35.05111°E
Palestine grid	154/132
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	July 17–18, 1948
Area
• Total	8,004 dunams (8.004 km2 or 3.090 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	280
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Ramat Raziel, Ksalon

Kasla was a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 17, 1948, by the Harel Brigade of Operation Dani. It was located 17 km west of Jerusalem.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 298
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 25
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 57
^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, village #338. Also gives cause of depopulation.
^ ^a ^b Khalidi, 1992, p. 299

Kasla كسلا
Kasla was located on the top of the hill
Etymology: from personal name^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Kasla, Jerusalem (click the buttons)
Kasla Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°46′52″N 35°03′04″E / 31.78111°N 35.05111°E / 31.78111; 35.05111
Palestine grid	154/132
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	July 17–18, 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	8,004 dunams (8.004 km² or 3.090 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	280^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Ramat Raziel,^[5] Ksalon^[5]